Tag: Rhode Island

ADA Anniversary Week at DOJ

ADA Anniversary Week at DOJ CELEBRATING ENFORCEMENT OF THE ADA: AN ANNIVERSARY WEEK BLOG Twenty-three years ago this week our nation's lawmakers established a comprehensive mandate to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities by passing the Americans with Disabilities Act…

Updates from The White House – July 2013

From the White House Blog: Landmark Treaty For The Visually Impaired In April, 2012, President Obama expressed the United States’ commitment to a treaty that “ensures that copyright is not a barrier to equal access to information, culture, and education…

Statement from NCD: Birch Vocational School

National Council on Disability (NCD) Statement on the Birch Vocational School in Providence, RI June 13, 2013 View NCD Statement News reports sparked by a U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that disabled students at the Birch Vocational School in…